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Bye bye Blankie
After the two drunkies came in around 9 am, I was up for the day! I made myself breakfast and coffee and watched a bit of Downton Abbey (a UK time period drama which I am now obsessed with). I had no idea what time they were going to get up, so I decided to walk around for a bit on my own. I was feeling really under the weather, and since there was only one set of keys and Blankie was leaving in the early evening I decided to stay in Basingstoke as oppose to going to London.
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Four weeks
Just four weeks to go and I just want to be settled on board with the real world, and Christmas , left behind. I still need to order money and am checking the exchange rates daily its still going up so hang on. If it starts to go down then I buy before it looses any more. The money is delivered to the ship so don't have to carry it. The exchange rate is pretty good also. Found ...
What can I give this Christmas?
This year 6,657 Christmas shoeboxes were donated to The Trussell Trust for distribution in Bulgaria. This is another record and a reminder that there are a lot of you out there that really care about others much less fortunate than yourselves. If the children and adults who will receive the presents this year were able, they'd say a huge thank you to everybody who gave shoeboxes or their time to help sort them. It's really good ...
The last day
... you become involved in public service such as the airport which is 30 years behind! A funny example which I said I'd come back to was as at the Winter Palace when going to retrieve our coats from the serviced cloakroom to find our section, numbers 1249-3500, having a large queue but the bay next door only separated by a column between the counter, that had a another lady there, had no one there at all but she wouldn't help the ...
Heading down South
... give table 999 which is at the apex of the stairs down to the lower level of the room and gives us all a wonderful view. Our waiters are I Dewa from Manila and Juan from Honduras, the wine waiter Red. another Phillipino, is excellent and soon knows our orders by heart. The food is great and we are set for a good cruise.
After our early start an early night for ...